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EXPERIMENT! L FAh'lhs 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



Seed Fair held this year at Lacombe. I had the pleasure of addressing the convention 

 of the Association of School Trustees for Alberta held at Wetaskiwin, on the subject 

 of 'Agriculture in the Rural Schools.' 



I assisted the provincial Department of Agriculture in the short course schools at 

 Maeleod, Vermilion and Innisfail and also in the dairy school held at Innisfail. 



EXCURSION. 



The date of the second annual excursion was July 20, when possibly a thousand 

 people visited the Station, coming by special trains from Calgary and Edmonton, and 

 from the surrounding country in carriages. Addresses were delivered by Hon. Duncan 

 Marshall, Minister of Agriculture for Alberta, Mr. Michener, M.L.A., for Red Deer, 

 Mr. Fream, Secretary of the United Fanners of Alberta, and Mr. W. F. Stevens and 

 Mr. II. A. Craig of the provincial Department. Senator Talbot acted as chairman. 

 The visitors were shown over the Station and the work explained as carefully as 

 possible in such limited time. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 



Mr. R. E. Evei'est, who has been foreman here for two years, received the appoint- 

 ment of Superintendent of the Station at Scott, Sask., in March. Mr. S. Edmunds 

 who has been an employee of the Station from the first, is now foreman and is satis- 

 factorily discharging the duties of that post. 



DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLES. 



Owing to a change in the policy in regard to the distribution of seed grain, no 

 samples have been sent out from this Station this year. Preparations have been made 

 to distribute samples of potatoes and seedling trees in April. 1911. 



METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 



April 



May 



•Tune 



July .. . 



August 



Si-ptpmber. 

 < 'ctober . . . 

 Xovember . 

 1 December . 



.1 anuary. . 

 I'ebruary . 

 March 



Months. 



r.no 



mil. 



Totals 



Highest 

 Temper- 

 ature. 



81-8 

 SI -5 

 89 7 

 85 1 

 82 ' 8 

 SO 3 

 77-0 

 A -> 4 

 47 S 



40 

 43 6 

 617 



Date. 



24th 



28 th 

 11th 

 13th 



9th 

 15th 



8th 

 22nd 

 19th 



3rd 



10th 

 23rd 



Lowest 

 Temper- 

 ature. 



16 7 



13 8 

 26 7 

 32 4 

 31 9 

 19 5 

 70 

 -2 6 

 -22 1 



-47 5 



-39 2 



-37 



Date. 



Total 



Precipita 



tion. 



13th 

 2nd 



sth 



04 

 i ••> 

 87 

 35 

 61 

 00 

 27 

 51 

 30 



55 

 048 

 101 



13 72 



Total 



Hour-, 

 Sun~!i ; :.- 



212 1 

 281 7 

 297 

 325 2 

 249-3 

 193 7 

 165 3 

 51 9 

 71 4 



68 6 

 152 1 



1(16 4 



2,23 17 



I have the honour to be, sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



G, II. HUTTON, 



Superintendent. 



